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The Return of John Frum
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The Return of John Frum

May 1, 2010
0h 7m
★ 7.0

Overview

John Frum, Messiah of Polynesian Cargo Cults, returns as an astronaut and businessman to the postindustrial wasteland of the financial-service-economy. Embarking on a "conquest of the useless" things get confused and what begins as a journey becomes a trip beyond the boundaries of so called logic and meaning. Realised in beautifully crafted animation and innovatively rendered background art, the telling of this story is thick with atmosphere and celebrates a renaissance of the unconscious freed from the technocratic shackles of our times.

Genres

Animation
Adventure

Production Companies

University of Applied Sciences Augsburg

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Cast

Christian Schlaeffer

Voice

Christian Schlaeffer